Acts 15:38

But Paul was not willing to take him with them; because he left them when they were in Pamphylia, and went not with them.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

But Paul thought not good to take him with them, who departed from them from Pamphylia, and went not with them to the work.

In Context

37And Barnabas was disposed to take John, who was surnamed Mark.

39In, consequence of this strife, they separated from each other: and Barnabas took Mark, and they travelled by sea and went to Cyprus.

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Cross References

Luke 14:27And he that doth not take up his cross and come after me, cannot become a disciple to me.

James 1:8who is hesitating in his mind, and unstable in all his ways.

Matthew Henry on Acts 15:37-41

Disagreement between Paul and Barnabas. 36 And some days after Paul said unto Barnabas, Let us go again and visit our brethren in every city where we have preached the word of the Lord, and see how they do. 37 And Barnabas determined to take with them John, whose surname was Mark. 38 But Paul thought not good to take him with them, who departed from them from Pamphylia, and went not with them to the work. 39 And the contention was so sharp between them, that they departed asunder one from the other: and so… Read the whole commentary →

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